Chesstown King's Reviews and Thoughts

 This new Ariana Grande album is very polarizing it seems but I really like it! The single "hate that I made you love me" is really nice. This album seems to have a different sound than her past works for the most part. It's darker for sure. "Petal" has some really interesting production. Sometimes I found Ariana's singing would be kinda drowned out by some song's production but it rarely happens. "freak" is a highlight. As is "like I do" where she flaunts she'll do her lover better than anyone else. "oh well" has a really nice flow to it too. I could see someone being a little disappointed that this album doesn't really cover anything from her personal life. But the album is really good. Not as good as her last album but it's better than Positions from 2020. I actually have the album cover that shows shoes and her legs and not the regular album cover. So I guess it's the special edition of the album. It says...

Opening Opinion: 96  Wow its hard to believe its been over 20 years since T.I. released one of (if not his best) albums, King. The album is just amazing. It didn't leave my CD player for a while after I got it. Let's get into the review. I believe it was heavily used in the movie ATL which I saw on my 18th b-day.  Let's start with the DJ Toomp produced "What You Know" and man, this is probably his best solo song. The beat is infectious. I love the hook too. "Somebody get bet get bruh, fo he get sent for, say you wanna squash it, what you still talking shit for", raps T.I.. The 2 songs before this are really good too. "King Back" which is produced by Just Blaze is also amazing. The song is so triumphant. It really gets me hype. A perfect opener. I love how he tells you to listen to his past albums to get a feel for who he is. "Front Back" features UGK (Bun B and Pimp C) and is produced by Mannie Fresh. Man this beat is just  fire. All ...

 This latest MC album is pretty good. Sure she's beginning to not be as great a singer as she's been....but she's still great. The opener "Mi" is fun and energetic. "Play This Song" features a good Anderson .Paak feature. She straight up raps on "Type Dangerous" but I think it works. I mean let Mariah brag a little bit lol. "Sugar Sweet" with Kehlani is very smooth. Ironically I matched up Mariah and Kehlani in my R&B tournament. Search for that post. Sheneseea also joins the lady on that song. The album's production is good but nothing amazing. I found myself liking most of these songs. I mean at this point Mariah is a legend for sure. The full ranking of Mariah Carey's albums is coming so look out of that. Lyrics 22 Beats 20 Depth 23 Tilt 22 Verdict 87

 "They call me Big Mama, Like a fat bitch, they think Cardi wrote it, thats a compliment" raps Latto on the first song "Business and Personal (Intro)". I really enjoyed Latto's last album Saga Honey Ice Tea and this one is basically just as good. Maybe a little more concise. Latto spits well on this album. "GOMF" featuring GloRilla flips the beat from the Soulja Boy song "Yahh". "Okayyy" with Doja Cat is so good. Doja doesn't do a hook like I thought she would instead she spits a killer verse. The production on this album is really great. "Hostage" with her guy 21 Savage is decent. "Mama" featuring Jelly Roll is really thoughtful as she gives props to her mom. Overall this album proves Latto deserves to be mentioned with your Nicki Minajs and your Cardi Bs as a legit female mc in the game. Lyrics 22 Beats 24 Depth 22 Tilt 23 Verdict 91

 T.I. has released his final album. I like the album but I don't love it. The album is very nostalgic for the most part. Some of these songs were really good like the great single "Let Em Know". Some songs like "Pistols on the Dance Floor" just don't hit unfortunately. Lyrically T.I. is pretty on point....and I felt the production overall was solid too. The production on the album is good too. "Dope Boys Academy" is a nice song but it sounds kinda dated somehow.....is it the T-Pain hook? The song with Summer Walker, "And Won't" is a terrific. "We On" is a good b side too. Young Dro shows up on "Represent a Time" and does well. I liked "Big Dog" a lot more than the album's closer "Continental". Overall this is a good album but I can't help but want more from the King of the South. I do feel it's better than his last album but it falls woefully short of the excellent Dime Trap.  Lyrics...

 I recently beat this Super Mario game. I have beaten the first Super Mario Galaxy game too. I gotta admit this might have been a better game. The two games are similar but the way you go stage to stage is very much more linear here. You basically travel with a chubby Luma named Lubba as you travel on a Mario head shaped spaceship.  The plot is kinda of a retelling of the first game. You are trying to rescue Princess Peach from Bowser. There are a lot of returning elements from Galaxy one like Launch stars which can take you to a completely new planetoid in many cases. There are a lot of returning enemies from Galaxy one as well like Goombas, those little things that spit rocks at you, boo ghosts, bullet bills, Chomps, and hammer bros. Some of the boss fights were really creative. There was a big creature that was only vulnerable from underneath so it constantly forced you to go to one of the openings of the arena and ground pound it from below. The Bowser fights were consider...